“…Some controversy has arisen around the measurement instruments, thus an optical microscope 20,24,28,31) , digital micrometer 36) , laser microscope 33) , or image analysis system [7][8][9]11,15,20,33) , have been proposed as an alternative to SEM 15,[17][18][19]23,37) . While some authors have found the precision obtained with an optical microscope and SEM to be similar 37) , other authors could not demonstrate which was the best method 15) .…”